[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, if you listen to America's senior citizens 
and ask them what they want with respect to Medicare, I think this is 
what you hear. Seniors want to continue to have their benefits left 
alone and be able to choose the doctor and hospital they want. Under 
our plan, they do.
  Seniors want to pay less for their prescription drugs which are 
rising at a rapid pace. Under our plan, they will.
  Seniors want to be sure that their doctors will continue to provide 
quality care for them because they trust and rely on those doctors so 
much. Under our bill, doctors will get more of what they richly and 
fairly deserve. They will get paid what they deserve.
  Now, the other side has engaged in a scare campaign to scare 
America's seniors. I think what most scares America's seniors is the 
irresponsibility of proposing nothing about America's health care 
crisis. That is what the minority offers.
  We offer a better way, a brighter way, and a safer way for America's 
seniors.

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